Treatment ponds were the answer to a problem that briefly threatened the creation of the memorial itself. How they came to be still carries weight for the people involved in the work.
Green infrastructure has other benefits besides treating stormwater, like improving air quality and increasing green space. But it could also lead to gentrification.
DCNR has released its 25-year plan for state parks, and climate change is front and center. It calls for ways to both mitigate and adapt to the consequences.
Madison Goldberg joined StateImpact Pennsylvania for the summer of 2021 as a Mass Media Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She recently graduated from Harvard University with a major in Earth science and a minor in education.